If a brigadier general were killed in the U.S. by a terrorist group, the military would have captured and eliminated them all. But here in Nigeria, especially in the North, it’s just another episode of insecurity. No national emergency, no military action, just another episode.
Instead of Nigerians to be texting, calling and emailing Amupitan, they are sending N10, N20, N100 to his Opay account 😂😂😂
Which kind mumu generation dem for come born me like this?
Una think say na cruise? No wonder everybody on X thinks everything is banter
A Nigerian government official stole 20,000 American identities and scammed the American government out of $2.4 million.
When Hurricane Harvey tore through Texas and left thousands of Americans homeless, he was sitting in Nigeria filing fake disaster relief claims in their names.
When Irma hit Florida weeks later he did the same thing.
He had been doing this quietly for years and nobody had caught him.
Then COVID hit and everything shut down overnight.
Millions of Americans lost their jobs and started filing for unemployment benefits just to feed their families.
He already had over 20,000 stolen American identities. Real names. Real social security numbers. Real people who were now desperate and filing for help.
He filed their claims before they could and collected their money across 17 different states.
With the stolen funds he bought a Mercedes SUV and shipped it back to Nigeria.
He posed for magazine photos with it and got a government appointment.
He came back to America on a business class ticket.
When investigators caught up with him he was at JFK Airport about to board his flight home, wearing a $10,000 watch and a $35,000 gold chain.
They arrested him at the gate.
From jail he was recorded on the phone trying to move money around.
He got 5 years in a US federal prison.
The US Department of Justice press release identified him specifically as the Special Assistant to the Governor of Nigeria's Ogun State.
The governor said nothing. Not a statement. Not a condemnation. Nothing.
His name was Abidemi Rufai.
His boss is Dapo Abiodun.
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